What is sshd-keygen-wrapper

What does this do ? Should I allow Clean my Mac to give Full Access to it

Posted on Jan 25, 2023 11:09 AM

Similar questions

sshd-keygen-wrapper hi everyone, running macOS Ventura 13.4.1 on a new Mac Studio M1 Max 32gb. while I am aware of what sshd-keygen-wrapper is and what it is used for, my concern is that this showed up in my full disk access list already armed, and I do not now, nor have I ever accessed this or any other Mac I owned remotely. obviously this is a wrapper that only activates when you access your Mac remotely, and I have had issues with another Mac previously where my wifi was hacked and was being ddos flooded from Mac headquarters itself, if the reverse ip lookup is to be trusted, but I have since replaced routers, modems, and passwords, and no longer use wifi - it is hardwired into the network. Knowing what we know about key gen wrapper, should this be a concern? I have unchecked full disk access for this program, but it looks like "terminal" showed up at or around the same time on this list, but I have given terminal full disk access, because, well, it's terminal. Everyone keeps saying that Macs are immune to viruses and intrusion, but I personally know this to be a false sense of security. nothing is "unhackable" - do I have an issue on my hands? if so, what should I do about it? Thanks
4155 7
Full Disk Access Items In the System Preferences/Security & Privacy/Full Disk Access I've got a couple of itesm that I don't recognize. One is "sshd-keygen-wrapper" and the other is "XProtect." Just curious if someone may know what these two items are. Have them on my 2014 Mac mini and my M1 2020 MacBook Pro, both running Monterey. Thanks!
3567 4
During MacBook Pro setup wizard after "fresh" install: "Enter Password for Other iMac" This is similar to some other "enter password for other" posts, but slightly different as it happened during the initial setup wizard. Got a used MacBook Pro, seemingly a fresh install, and after going through much of the setup wizard, got this prompt to "Enter Password for Other iMac". I force-quit the wizard and the computer rebooted in to seemingly normal operation, minus a few settings and preferences that weren't saved (though chosen) in the wizard. Have been using lightly a few days now and everything seems fine, but just want to be sure there's nothing nefarious going on, or anything innocuous or accidental but that could give someone else access to my computer, network, keychain, etc... Is there some virus or malware detection software to be sure? Thanks in advance for any ideas or advice! Dave
1045 3

2 replies

Kurt Lang

Level 9

67,572 points

Jan 25, 2023 12:09 PM in response to louise65

It's part of the underlying Unix system - OpenSSH authentication key utility

What you should really do is get rid of CreamMyMac.

Jan 25, 2023 12:24 PM in response to Kurt Lang

+1 ☝🏽

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

What is sshd-keygen-wrapper

Welcome to Apple Support Community

A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.

Learn more Sign up